Non-refillable bottle.



'Y No; 730,380.

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tP-nrEnrr OFFICE,"

CHARLES AL LINDSTROM, OF EAST RUTHERFORD, rNEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OE TWO-THIRDS TO ARTHUR C. VVAN ROUEN AND GARRET VAN VVAG- oNEn, or EAST RUTHEREOED, NEW JERSEY.'

NoN-REFILEABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 730,380., dated June 9, 1903.

Application filed Marchv 18, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. LiNDsrnoM, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Rutherford, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have 'invented a new and useful Non-Refillable Bottle, of which the following is a specicatiou. l

My invention relates to nonrefllable bottles, and has Yfor its objects to produce a dexo vice of this character which is comparatively simple of construction, one which may be applied to bottles with merely'nominal increase in the cost of the latter, and one which in operation will efficiently-prevent the refilling of t 5 the bottle after its contents have been once discharged, thus obviating the fraudulent substitution of an inferiorV grade of goods.

To these ends the inventioncomprises the novel details of construction and combinazo tion of parts more fully hereinafter described. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is ya vertical transverse section illustrating my invention as applied to a bottle, the parts being in the normal position. Fig. 2 is a simi- 2 5 lar view illustrating the parts in the discharging position. Y Fig. 8 is a detailed view of the retainingdisk. Fig. 4 is a detailedl horizontal section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates a bottlc composed of glass or other suitable material and having a neck 2, which has formed near its lower end upon its interiora horizon-v tal flange or shoulder,3,.while a similarshoulder 4 is formed adjacent to the longitudinal center of the neck. In applying my inven-t tion I mount Within the neck a cylindricali shell or sleeve 5, preferably of cork. This sleeve bears at its lower end upon the lower flange 3, and is provided with a central anfo nular opening 6, which receives a longitudinall 7-movable valve body oristem 7,-.provided with a disk-like head 8, which has its sideface downwardly. and inwardlybeveled; asiat' 9. The valve-body portion-47 has-formedzat its 4 5 lower end an elongated slot 11, which has parallel inner side faces and curved inner endv faces. 12 is a weight or tumbler which is recessed to receive the lower end of the body portion 7 and is connected thereto by means serial No. 143,410. 'ons mania of a horizontal annular pintle 13, which is inserted throughthe slot 11 vand suitable perforated ears formed on the upper end of the tumbler. These parts are all preferably composed of glass, but may, of course, be formed from any other suitable orddesired material.

14 indicates a disk-like retaining member whichv is seated upon'the upper flange 4 and Within the bottle-neck. l This member, which occupies a position just above the valve-head 8, is provided Witha central discharge-open-4 ing 15 and has its horizontal upper and lower faces grooved or corrugated, as at 16.

17 indicates a cup-shaped member which is seated Within the upper. end of the bottle-neck and bears at its lower end upon the upper face of the retaining member 14, and has formed at its upper end a horizontal outwardly-projecting peripheral iiange 1S, which when the thimble is in place seats upon the upper edge of the bottle-neck. The member 17 has a horizontal bottom portion 19, which is perforated at its point of juncture with the side Walls of the member by means of a series of downwardly and outwardly diagonally disposed perforations 20, which at their lower vends seat directly over the corrugations 16,

formed on the upper face of the retaining member14. H' Y In practicetheweight 1:2 will, when the bottle is in its normal position, or, in fact, in any except itsdischargigposition, serve to draw the vbodyfportionf'7 of the valvedownward to thus press thenbeveled face 9 of the valve-head S tightly. against the upper end of the sleeve 5 and prevent the ingress or egress of liquid to or from the bottle. In this connection it is to be noted thatwhen in normal position the weight byitsfgravity alone holds the valve ,toits seatand that when the bottle is tilted the upper peripheral edge of j the Weight engagesV beneath the edge v.of the sleeve 5, thus positively holding the valve against longitudinal movement. Vlhen, ho W- ever, the bottle-.is inverted to' bringlit to a sleeve 5,' thus permitting the free discharge of the liquid, which after it passes the valve flows through the central opening of the member 14 and through the passages formed by the corrugations 1G between the upper face of the member 14 and the bottom 19 of member 17, and thence outward through the diagonally-disposed perforations 20.

In assembling the parts I first insert the body 7 of the valve into the sleeve 5 and attach the tumbler to the lovver end of the valve-body in the manner above explained. I then place the sleeve and valve into the neck of the bottle and mount the retaining member 14 in proper position upon its flange over the same, then insert the cup-shaped member 17, the outer surface of Which I previously. coat With a thin layer of cement. The device is now ready for use and the cupshaped member 17 is adapted to receive the usual cork or stopple 21.

From the foregoing' it will be seen that the device is of simple construction and will in practice eiiciently perform its functions, and that owing to the peculiar relative disposition of the various openings through which the liquid is discharged the insertion of aWire or other instrument for tampering with the valve is entirely obviated.

It is to be understood that I do not limit or confine myself. to the precise details herein shown and described, inasmuch as minor' changes may be made in the form, proportions, and manner of assemblage of the parts Without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a non-reiillable bottle, the combination With a bottle and its neck, of a sleeve seated Within the neck, a valve-body longin tudinally slidable within the sleeve and provided With a slot, avalve-head associated with the valve-body, and a Weight having a pintle engaging the slot, said Weight adapted to drar the valve downward to seat its head upon the sleeve.

2. In a nonrellable bottle, the combination with a bottle and its neck, of a longitudinally-slidable valve seated Within the neck, a retaining-disk seated above the valve and having corrugated upper and lower faces, and a cup-shaped member seated over the retaining-disk and provided With discharge-openings.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my oWn I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES A. LINDSTROM.

Witnesses:

ROBERT M. WATSON, J. C. SAREs. 

